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This is a project on
The Seven Ancient Wonders
of the World
By Hugh Mac Craith
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Seven Wonders of the Ancient WorldThe Seven Ancient Wonders are now all gone except for the Great
Pyramid of Giza which is still in Egypt today. People have to guess whatthey looked like. The Seven Ancient Wonders of the World were:
The Colossus of Rhodes
The Temple of Artemis
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
The Lighthouse of Alexandria
The Mausoleum of Halicarnassus
The Temple of Zeus
The Great Pyramids of Giza
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Temple of Artemis
Artemis was the Greek goddess of
hunting and nature and to worship
her, the Greeks built a temple.
The temple was built in Ephesus, Turkey.
It took 120 years to build. It was finished
in 550 B.C. The temple was supported
by 127 stone columns, all hand
carved. It was made of marble and
was decorated inside and out withgold.
It was built on a bog which is probably
why it took so long.
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Temple of Artemis pt2
Shortly after the temple was built,
Turkish soldiers destroyed it. It was
rebuilt by the Greeks.
In 356 B.C. a man called Herostratus
burned the temple down just to be
famous in history (I suppose he is part
of history now - he's in this project!)
Because the temple was burned downnot much of it remains today. (as
shown left)
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Temple of Zeus
The Olympic games were held in a shrinedevoted to Zeus. Zeus was the king of
the Greek gods. The shrine was in the
capital city of Peloponnessus in Athens.
When the games became more and
more popular, the Greeks needed a new
temple. Between 460B.C. and 470 B.C.they built the Temple of Zeus in
Olympia. The creator's name was Libon.
At the back of the temple was a giant
throne on which was a giant statue of
Zeus. The statue was made of ebony(ebony is a hard black wood ) covered
over with ivory and gold.
But it was destroyed by earthquakes and
now not much of the temple is left. (as
shown here)
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Mausoleum at Halicaranassus
King Masusolus ruled Halicarnassus for
24 years with his wife Artimisia at the
area around Bodrum in Turkey. In
Greek times this area was called
Halicarnassus.
When King Masusolus died Artimisa
made him a mausoleum. She got
together many artists to design the
mausoleum. The mausoleum was
made of three parts. There was a giant
square bottom block with 36 stone
columns on top of that. They held up
the roof.
Fact: The mausoleum was 45 metres tall.
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Mausoleum at Halicarnassus pt2
Soon after the mausoleum was built news
that King Masusolus had died went to
Rhodes. (King Mausolus ruled the island
of Rhodes for many years so when he
died the Rhodeans wanted revenge.)
The Rhodeans sent fleets to capture
Halicarnassus. Artimisia knew what
they had planned and had her ownfleet prepared for battle. When the
Rhodeans attacked, the fleets of
Halicarnassus defeated them and
Rhodes was captured again.
The mausoleum stood till the middle ages
but it was destroyed by earthquakes sonow only a few pillars remain (as shown
on the left)
Fact: the word 'mausoleum' is still used
today. It means a huge tomb. It comes
from the king's name, Mausolus.
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Hanging Gardens of Babylon
The Hanging Gardens were made in the
dry deserts of Babylon. Babylon was a
kingdom that once existed in the part
of Asia which is now called Iraq. It
was a present from KingNebuchadnezzer the second for his
wife. She was homesick for the
mountainous areas where she grew
up.
The Hanging Gardens was a giant South-American style step temple with many
tiers. In each tier there were many
trees and various exotic plants.
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Hanging Gardens of Babylon pt2
Archaeologists say the gardens may have
been watered by a giant chain system
with two huge wheels spinning andbringing up buckets of water from the
Euphrates river.
Many years ago the temple collapsed and
now barely anything remains.
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The Lighthouse of Alexandria
The Lighthouse of Alexandria was built on
an island called the Island of the
Pharos off the coast of Alexandria in
Egypt. Alexandria was one of the
seven places named after Alexanderthe Great. He died at a young age, in
323 B.C.
King Ptolmey, the ruler of Egypt, now
owned the city. They needed a symbol
to guide ships into the harbour so KingPtolmey started to build a lighthouse
in 290B.C. It was finished 20 years
later.
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Lighthouse at Alexandria pt2
A man named Sostrates of Kindos
designed the lighthouse. It was built in
three parts - a huge box shaped
bottom square, another box shaped
middle square, and a beacon room on
the top.
The lighthouse was made of white
marble. On the top, there was a giant
curved mirror lit by a giant flaming
bonfire by night and the sun by day. It
stood for 1500 years but then, like
many of the other Seven Wonders,was hit by an earthquake and
collapsed into the sea.
This photograph shows the remains of the
lighthouse which now lie underwater.
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Colossus of Rhodes
The Colossus of Rhodes was a giant
statue of the sun god Helios which
once stood on the island of Rhodes.
Rhodes is an island just off the Turkish
coast and is about half the size of
Cyprus. It was placed in a spot on the
coast so that it faced where the
Aegean sea meets the Mediterranean
sea.
A man called Antigous sent his son
Semetrious to capture Rhodes but the
Rhodeans built a giant wall around the
island and so the attackers had to use
siege towers to invade. They had a
long war but eventually they made
peace and built a statue to celebrate
their freedom.
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Colossus of Rhodes
The Rhodeans built the statue of Helios.
The statue was made of an iron frame,
plated with bronze and the statue was
30 and a half metres high. Legend has
it that they melted down the spearsand shields of the war to make the
bronze used in the statue. The statue
stood for 56 years but it fell into the
sea due to earth tremors.
Today none of the statue remains.
Fact: The word 'colossal' actually comes from the
Colossus
Hey! Where did the Colossus go?
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The Great Pyramid of Giza
The Pyramid of Giza is the only one of the
Seven Wonders left. The Egyptians
built Pyramids as reminders of their
Pharaohs.
The Pyramids were made of giant yellow
stone blocks which weighed two and a
half tonnes each. The pyramids
appeared white because the yellow
blocks were covered with limestone
blocks. Later the limestone was rippedoff and used to make other buildings
so they are now yellow.
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Great Pyramid of Giza pt2
Interior of the Pyramid of Giza
The pyramids were actually mausoleums
for the pharaohs. They were decorated
inside with gold statues of animals and
anything else they might need in the
afterlife. The pyramids are four sided
because one side faces north, one south,
one east and one west.
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